MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
considers
issues
pertaining to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
New
gains in
distance learning are making it possible for
people
in every nation on earth
to take part in classes via the Internet.
These massive online courses are
commonly free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are many
issues that
technology-enhanced learning organizations
are having to deal with
in 2015 because online learning technology is
advancing so rapidly.
How can institutions
assure that
the quality control for these
MOOC courses is
acceptable?
How can institutions
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
to teach courses online?
What business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic education technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
desideratum
to be aware of how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Intellectuals
and many other
participants
desire
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
interesting new open education
initiatives.
Professors want
to better understand how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
crescive
demand for
information
the dramatic new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This new book
also addresses the
most important controversies associated with
these MOOCs and OERS.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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